The homeowner called Connecticut State Police at 4:46 p.m. Sunday after entering the residence and discovering the remains, police said. The medical examiner is working to identify the three individuals and determine the cause of death, but “there is no indication of anything suspicious and no indication of any criminal aspect,” state police said.
The home was sold at a foreclosure auction on June 6 after a court approved the sale on March 23. The property was sold in “as is condition,” and bidders typically do not see the interior before purchasing. Thogmartin, the independent third-party attorney appointed by the court to manage the sale, told NBC Connecticut that he sent a letter to the previous owners requesting interior access for bidders prior to the auction but received no response. “We never got a response to that, which is not unusual,” Thogmartin said.
In a motion filed this week, Thogmartin wrote that the bodies were “in an advanced state of decomposition, indicating that they had been there for some time.” He argued that the discovery “poses a possible question as to the validity of the foreclosure judgment, depending upon the identify [sic] of the bodies and the time of death.”
The motion asks the court for direction, including whether to return the winning bidder’s $82,000 deposit if the auction and closing are canceled due to the remains.
Marshal Grant Carragher told CTInsider that the couple who bought the home in 2019 could not be reached throughout the foreclosure process. Carragher said he believes the property had been abandoned for at least a year and noted that neighbors said they had not seen the residents in years.